6 Oliver is found again
第六章 奥利弗再次被找到
Oliver began to recover and slowly regain his strength.
奥利弗开始康复，体力也慢慢恢复了。
The picture that had caused Mr Brownlow’s excitement was taken down from the wall, and was not mentioned again.
那幅曾让布朗洛先生激动不已的画像从墙上取了下来，此后再也没人提起过。
Oliver was disappointed at the disappearance of the picture, since he liked the woman’s face, but he had many other things to think about now.
画像不见了让奥利弗有些失望，因为他很喜欢画中女子的面容，但现在他有许多别的事情要考虑。
They were happy days, while Oliver was getting better.
在奥利弗养病期间，日子过得很快乐。
He played cards with Mrs Bedwin and listened to stories about her family.
他和贝德温太太一起打牌，听她讲家里的故事。
The days were all so quiet and relaxing, after the hardships and poverty of his previous life.
经历了过去的苦难与贫穷，如今的日子是如此宁静安逸。
Mr Brownlow bought him a new suit and new shoes, and Oliver’s dirty old clothes were given away.
布朗洛先生给他买了新衣服和新鞋子，把他那些脏兮兮的旧衣服送给了别人。
One day Mr Brownlow asked him to come to his study for a little talk.
一天，布朗洛先生请他到书房里谈一谈。
Oliver went in and sat down.
奥利弗走进去坐了下来。
He looked at Mr Brownlow’s serious face in alarm.
看到布朗洛先生严肃的面孔，他惊慌起来。
‘Don’t tell me you’re going to send me away, sir, please!’ he exclaimed.
“先生，请别告诉我您要把我送走！”他喊道。
‘Let me stay here! I could help with the housework… please, sir!’
“让我留下来吧！我可以帮忙做家务……求您了，先生！”
‘My dear child, don’t be afraid,’ said Mr Brownlow kindly.
“亲爱的孩子，别害怕，”布朗洛先生和蔼地说。
‘I won’t desert you. I believe that you’re a good boy, not a common thief.’
“我不会抛弃你的。我相信你是个好孩子，不是普通的小偷。”
‘You told me you’re an orphan — that seems to be the truth.’
“你告诉我你是个孤儿——这看来是真的。”
‘But I want to hear now the whole story of your life, and how you came to be with the boys I saw you with that day.’
“但现在我想听听你完整的身世，以及你是怎么跟那天我看到的那些孩子混在一起的。”
Oliver began his story but was soon interrupted by the arrival of Mr Grimwig, an old friend of Mr Brownlow’s.
奥利弗刚开口讲述，就被布朗洛先生的老朋友格里姆威格先生的到来打断了。
Mr Grimwig was a fierce old gentleman and very fond of arguments.
格里姆威格先生是个脾气暴躁的老绅士，非常喜欢争辩。
He clearly knew all about Oliver and inspected him closely.
他显然已经了解了奥利弗的情况，便仔细地打量着他。
‘So this is the boy, is it?’ he said at last.
“这就是那个男孩，是吗？”他终于开口了。
Oliver bowed politely and was introduced by Mr Brownlow.
奥利弗礼貌地鞠了一躬，布朗洛先生为他做了介绍。
Tea was then brought in, and during the meal Mr Grimwig stared so hard at Oliver that the boy felt rather confused.
随后茶点端了上来，用餐时格里姆威格先生死死盯着奥利弗，看得这孩子 quite 不知所措。
（注：原文此处为 “felt rather confused”，译为“感到相当困惑/不知所措”）
Eventually, Mr Grimwig whispered to Mr Brownlow, ‘He may be a good-looking boy, but I think he’s deceiving you, my good friend.’
最后，格里姆威格先生对布朗洛先生耳语道：“这孩子长得倒是挺俊，但我觉得他在骗你，我的好朋友。”
‘Nonsense!’ said Mt Brownlow, becoming angry.
“胡说八道！”布朗洛先生生气地说。
‘Well, we’ll see,’ answered his friend. ‘We’ll see.’
“好吧，咱们走着瞧，”他的朋友回答道，“走着瞧。”
Later that afternoon Mr Brownlow wanted to return some books to a bookseller, and to send some money for new books that he already collected.
那天下午晚些时候，布朗洛先生想把一些书还给书商，并送去买新书的钱，那些新书他已经预订好了。
Mr Grimwig suggested that Oliver should go. ‘He’ll be sure to deliver everything safely,’ he said with a smile.
格里姆威格先生建议让奥利弗去。“他肯定会把东西安全送达的，”他笑着说。
‘Yes, please let me take them,’ said Oliver, delighted to be of use.
“是的，请让我去吧，”奥利弗说，很高兴自己能帮上忙。
Mr Brownlow hesitated, but Mr Grimwig’s smile had annoyed him. ‘Very well,’ he said.
布朗洛先生犹豫了一下，但格里姆威格先生的笑容让他有些恼火。“好吧，”他说。
‘Here are the books, Oliver, and a five-pound note. The bookseller will give you ten shillings change.’
“奥利弗，这是书，还有一张五英镑的钞票。书商会找你十先令。”
‘I won’t be ten minutes,’ replied Oliver eagerly, and he ran out into the street.
“我十分钟就回来，”奥利弗急切地回答，然后跑到了街上。
‘So you expect him to come back, do you?’ enquired Mr Grimwig.
“这么说你还指望他回来，是吗？”格里姆威格先生问道。
‘Yes, I do,’ said Mr Brownlow, smiling confidently. ‘Don’t you?’
“是的，我相信他会回来，”布朗洛先生自信地微笑着说，“难道你不信吗？”
‘No, He has a new suit of clothes, some valuable books, and a five-pound note in his pocket.’
“不信。他穿着新衣服，带着值钱的书，口袋里还有五英镑钞票。”
‘He’ll join his old friends the thieves, and laugh at you. If he comes back, I’ll eat my hat.’
“他会回到他那帮小偷朋友那里，然后嘲笑你。如果他回来了，我把帽子吃下去。”
The two men sat by the window with a pocket-watch between them, and waited for Oliver’s return.
两人坐在窗边，中间放着一块怀表，等待着奥利弗归来。
Oliver hurried through the streets to the bookshop, thinking how lucky he was.
奥利弗匆匆穿过街道前往书店，心想自己真是幸运。
Suddenly there was a loud scream behind him. ‘Oh, my dear brother!’
突然，身后传来一声尖叫：“哦，我亲爱的弟弟！”
Before he could look round, a pair of arms was thrown tightly around his neck.
还没等他回过头，一双胳膊就紧紧搂住了他的脖子。
‘Don’t!’ he cried, struggling. ‘Let go! Why are you stopping me? Who is it?’
“别这样！”他挣扎着喊道，“放开我！为什么拦住我？你是谁？”
The young woman holding him started to cry loudly.
抱着他的年轻女子大声哭了起来。
‘I’ve found him! Oh! Oliver! You naughty boy, to make me suffer so much! Come home immediately, you cruel boy!’
“我可找到你了！哦！奥利弗！你这个淘气的孩子，害得我吃了这么多苦！马上回家，你这个狠心的孩子！”
She burst into tears and several people stopped to stare at what was happening.
她放声大哭，几个路人停下来围观发生了什么。
‘What’s the matter?’ asked one of the watching women.
“怎么回事？”一位看热闹的女人问道。
‘He ran away from his parents a month ago,’ the young woman said.
“他一个月前从父母身边逃走了，”年轻女子说。
‘They’re hard-working, respectable people, and he left them to join a gang of thieves and bad characters, and almost broke his mother’s heart.’
“他的父母都是勤劳体面的人，他却离开他们去跟一帮小偷和坏人鬼混，差点伤透了他母亲的心。”
‘Go home, you horrible child,’ said another woman.
“回家去吧，你这可恶的孩子，”另一个女人说。
‘Yes — go back to your parents,’ said a third.
“是啊——回到你父母身边去，”第三个人说。
‘But I haven’t got any!’ replied Oliver, greatly alarmed. ‘I haven’t got a sister, either. I’m an orphan. I live in Pentonville.’
“可是我没有父母啊！”奥利弗惊恐地回答，“我也没有姐姐。我是个孤儿。我住在彭顿维尔。”
‘Listen to him! Make him come home,’ the young woman said to the crowd, ‘or he’ll kill his dear mother and father, and break my heart.’
“听听他说的！逼他回家，”年轻女子对人群说，“否则他会害死他可怜的父母，也会让我心碎的。”
Suddenly Oliver recognized the woman he had seen in Fagin’s house. ‘It’s Nancy!’ he said, without thinking.
突然，奥利弗认出了这个在费金家里见过的女人。“是南希！”他不假思索地说道。
‘You see?’ cried Nancy to the crowd. ‘He knows me!’
“你们看到了吗？”南希对人群喊道，“他认识我！”
Just then a big man ran out of a beer shop, followed by a white dog.
就在这时，一个大个子男人从一家啤酒馆里跑了出来，后面跟着一只白狗。
‘What’s this? Young Oliver! Come home to your poor mother, you young devil!’
“这是怎么回事？小奥利弗！回到你可怜的母亲身边去，你这个小魔鬼！”
‘And what books are these? You’ve stolen them, haven’t you? Give them to me.’
“这些书是怎么回事？是你偷来的，对不对？给我。”
The man who was Bill Sikes, seized Oliver with one strong hand and hit him on the head with the other.
这个名叫比尔·赛克斯的男人用一只强有力的手抓住奥利弗，另一只手打了他的头。
‘That’ll do him good!’ shouted some of the crowd. ‘It’s the only way to treat boys like him.’
“打得好！”人群中有人喊道，“对付这种孩子就得这样。”
Bill Sikes held onto Oliver’s arm. ‘Come on, you young thief!’
比尔·赛克斯紧紧抓着奥利弗的胳膊。“走吧，你这个小贼！”
Still weak from illness, and terrified by the growling dog, Oliver could not resist.
奥利弗大病初愈身体虚弱，又被那只低吼的狗吓坏了，根本无法反抗。
He was taken through the dark narrow streets at great speed.
他被带着飞快地穿过黑暗狭窄的街道。
Sikes and Nancy gave him no chance to escape and Oliver had no breath to call out for help.
赛克斯和南希没给他任何逃跑的机会，奥利弗连呼救的气力都没有了。
All too quickly, he was back in Fagin’s house, where his old friends were waiting for him.
没过多久，他又回到了费金的住处，那些“老朋友”正等着他呢。
‘Delighted to see you looking so well, my dear,’ Fagin said, bowing politely.
“看到你气色这么好真高兴，亲爱的，”费金说着，礼貌地鞠了一躬。
‘Why didn’t you write, and say you were coming? We’d have got something warm for supper.’
“你怎么不写封信说要来呢？我们也好准备点热乎的晚饭。”
The Dodger and Charley Bates roared with laughter, and the Dodger began looking through the books Oliver had with him.
机灵鬼和查理·贝茨哄堂大笑，机灵鬼开始翻看奥利弗带回来的书。
‘Give them back!’ Oliver cried. ‘Those books belong to the kind old gentleman who took me into his home.’
“把书还回去！”奥利弗哭喊道，“那些书属于那位收留我的善良老先生。”
‘Send him back the books and the money — he’ll think I stole them!’
“把书和钱给他送回去吧——他会以为是我偷的！”
‘You’re right,’ laughed Fagin. ‘He will think that!’
“你说得对，”费金笑道，“他确实会这么想！”
Oliver jumped to his feet and ran wildly from the room, shouting for help.
奥利弗猛地跳起来，疯狂地跑出房间，大声呼救。
The Dodger and Fagin caught him easily, and brought him back.
机灵鬼和费金轻而易举地抓住了他，把他拖了回来。
Then the old man picked up a long piece of wood.
接着，老头拿起一根长木条。
‘So you wanted to get away, my dear, did you? Wanted to call the police and get help? We’ll cure you of that.’
“原来你想逃跑啊，亲爱的，是不是？还想叫警察求救？我们会治好你这个毛病的。”
He hit Oliver hard on the shoulders with the stick.
他用木棍狠狠打了奥利弗的肩膀。
He was raising it for a second hit when Nancy rushed forward and, seizing the piece of wood, threw it into the fire.
正当他举起木棍准备打第二下时，南希冲上前去，夺过木棍扔进了火里。
‘I won’t let you do it, Fagin!’ she shouted. ‘Yon’ve got him again. Isn’t that enough? Now leave him alone.’
“我不许你这么做，费金！”她喊道，“你已经把他抓回来了。这还不够吗？现在放过他吧。”
（注：原文 “Yon’ve” 应为 “You’ve” 的拼写错误）
Fagin and Sikes looked at each other, shocked by her reaction.
费金和赛克斯面面相觑，对她的反应感到震惊。
‘You’d better keep quiet, my girl,’ growled Sikes.
“你最好闭嘴，丫头，”赛克斯咆哮道。
‘No, I won’t!’ cried the girl wildly. ‘Now you’ve got the boy, you’ll turn him into a thief and a liar. Isn’t that enough, without killing him too?’
“不，我偏不！”女孩疯狂地喊道，“现在你们抓回了这孩子，就要把他变成小偷和骗子。这还不够吗，非要把他打死才行？”
She rushed at Fagin and would have hit him if Sikes had not held her arms so tightly that she couldn’t move.
她冲向费金，要不是赛克斯死死抓住她的胳膊让她动弹不得，她早就动手打他了。
She struggled wildly for a while, then, exhausted, she fainted.
她拼命挣扎了一会儿，然后筋疲力尽地晕了过去。
Sikes laid her down in the corner, as surprised as Fagin at her anger.
赛克斯把她放在角落里，他和费金一样对她的愤怒感到惊讶。
‘She can be really wild when she’s angry,’ Sikes said.
“她发起火来可真够野的，”赛克斯说。
Fagin wiped his forehead. ‘That’s the trouble with women,’ he said, ‘but she’s a clever girl in her work.’
费金擦了擦额头。“女人就是这样麻烦，”他说，“不过她干活倒是挺机灵的。”
Then Charley Bates and the Dodger took away Oliver’s expensive new suit, gave him some old clothes, and locked him up in a dark room.
随后，查理·贝茨和机灵鬼扒下了奥利弗昂贵的新衣服，给他换上旧衣服，把他锁进了一间黑屋子。
Oliver felt tired and ill, and was soon fast asleep.
奥利弗又累又难受，很快就沉沉睡去了。
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